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Faces / IPD No. 806 / December, 1976 / 4 Players

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Manufacturer:

Segasa d.b.a. Sonic, of Spain [Trade Name: Sonic]

Date Of Manufacture:

December, 1976

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Serial Number Database:

View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site)

Notable Features:

Flippers (3), Pop bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (5), Spinning targets (2), Kick-out hole (1). End-of-ball bonus. Upper left ball gate is controlled by a relay under the playfield to open as an earned feature of play.

Notes:

According to the Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2, the playfield design of this game was influenced by Williams' 1976 'Grand Prix'.

The manufacturer's flyer shows a playfield with all standup targets being red in color and round in shape. Of the several playfields pictured in this listing, only one playfield (from France) matches the flyer game in this way. Of the remaining examples, all but one use the round red targets to advance only the red bonus, with round green targets to advance the green bonus, and a round yellow target to change the bonus selection. These several matching playfields suggest a target change occurred during production and after the flyer was made. All playfields discussed in this paragraph have posts that are red.

The remaining playfield has all square yellow targets and its bumpers caps do not have the red circles as do the flyer game and the other playfields. What is interesting about this example is that all but one of its light shields have a unique color scheme, not explained by red fade. All posts are white, not red. Additionally, the playfield area under the right spinning target shows an original value of ‘10,000 W/L’ but was covered with an appliqué reducing the value to 1,000 points. Since the game in the flyer also shows 1,000 points for this spinner (and may or may not have this appliqué), it appears that this playfield could be a prototype or Early Production version. Under the apron, the number ‘011’ is stamped, but its significance is unknown to us. The backbox has serial number 471, a number that we would expect of a game made well into the production run. It’s possible the playfield did not start out in its cabinet.

Documentation:

10 MB

PDF

Instruction Manual (Production Model, no schematics)

[Sonic]

11 MB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (continuous)

[Sonic]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Backbox 499x480 [Pinball World]	Backbox 433x640 [Pinball World]	Full Machine 362x625 [Pinball World]	Playfield 872x815	Upper Playfield 640x480 [Bob Schuyler]
Middle Playfield 640x480 [Bob Schuyler]	Lower Playfield 640x480 [Bob Schuyler]	Front 400x300	Backglass 400x400 [Bruno Durand]	Flyer, Front 1023x1336
Flyer, Back 1024x1336	Illuminated Backglass 680x586 [Mark Schneider]	Playfield 600x800 [Mark Schneider]	Cabinet - Left 588x583 [Mark Schneider]	Cabinet - Right 557x587 [Mark Schneider]
Front View 284x584 [Mark Schneider]	Full View 353x574 [Mark Schneider]	Backglass - Detail 400x300 [Bruno Durand]	Spinning Target* 1024x768	Relay-controlled Gate 1024x768
Relay-controlled Gate 1024x768	Relay for Gate 1024x768	Backglass 1024x884 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield 786x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield 1200x1474 [Mark Steinman]
Upper Playfield 1200x881 [Mark Steinman]	Middle Playfield 1200x893 [Mark Steinman]	Lower Playfield 1200x714 [Mark Steinman]	Instruction Card 1200x605 [Mark Steinman]	Alternate Light Shield Colors* 900x1200 [James Barron]
Alternate Bumper Caps* 1200x900 [James Barron]	Alternate Standup Targets* 1200x900 [James Barron]	Playfield Appliqué* 900x1200 [James Barron]	Playfield Stamped Number* 900x1200 [James Barron]	Backglass - Reverse 800x688 [James Schidlowsky]
Spinning Target - Obverse 449x404	Illuminated Backglass 1200x1040 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Illuminated Front View 989x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Kick-out Hole 1200x717 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield - Detail 1200x1259 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Illuminated Playfield - Detail 1200x899 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield - Detail 861x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Bumper Cap 1024x967 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Change Bonus Target 1024x894 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backbox - Left 643x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Cabinet - Right 1600x640 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Front 1024x846 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Inside Backbox 1024x969 [Jean-Pierre Renault]

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